After extracting ourselves from the mud, we managed to anchor and anxiously awaited the arrival of the French baker. Sure enough, along came a panga filled with all sorts of goodies! Chocolate croissants, almond croissants, ham and cheese croissants, baguettes and more! We never waved goodbye without putting in our order for the following day and handing over at least ten dollars. The town of Barra de Navidad is filled with wonderful little restaurants and hotels, cobblestone streets, and tons of stores selling beach items, pottery, and clothing. We had some great dinners, one fondly remembered at Izadoras on the waterfront (chocolate walnut cheesecake!). The marina at the Grand Bay resort commands high prices, but Maureen took pity on everyone and volunteered to spring for a few days in a slip for all of the birthdays lined up. Prior to our relocating to the marina where we would have free run of the hotel and its spacious swimming pools, Katherine, Justin, and Paula (Genesis) crashed the pool area for an afternoon. The pool slide proved to be a negative experience for Katherine as a bit of poor planning resulted in a serious crash removing one of her front teeth. She and her dad raced off in a taxi, along with the tooth hiding in a glass of milk, to Manzanillo looking for a dentist to hopefully remedy the situation. The tooth was reinstalled, new braces to help hold things in place, and all returned to normal for the time being. The astute reader will recall that Katherine had her braces removed when we were in San Diego last fall, and she is not overly thrilled to have them back on. The Day Family off of DayDreams returned to Barra on their way north and we all enjoyed some dinners together as well as afternoons at the pool.